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		<title>IndustryWeek -- Operations</title>
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		<description>News, Articles and Columns From IndustryWeek Magazine -- News For Manufacturing Executives</description>
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			<title>Kinetic Concepts Inc.: Vacuum Therapy Heads East</title>
			<description>Company gains approval to market successful treatment in Japan&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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			<title>U.S. Slaps Import Penalties on Chinese Tubular Goods  </title>
			<description>Says Chinese have sold these goods in the U.S. at a prices ranging from zero to 99.14% less than normal value.&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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			<title>NTMA, Haas Team Up to Address Workforce Gap</title>
			<description>Training centers introduce a new generation of machinists to an undermanned industry&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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			<title>ArcelorMittal to Invest $5 Billion in Brazil </title>
			<description>Will build new plant in Espirito Santo&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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			<title>Chrysler Presents Five-Year Plan </title>
			<description>First task is to create 'compelling brand and product offerings'&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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			<title>U.S. Asks WTO to Rule on China's Raw Materials Restrictions </title>
			<description>The materials at issue are: bauxite, coke, fluorspar, magnesium, manganese, silicon metal, silicon carbide, yellow phosphorus and zinc.&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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			<title>Chinese Company to Buy U.S. Oil Assets</title>
			<description>It's the first step by a Chinese energy company into the U.S. market.&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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			<title>Viewpoint -- Tips for Manufacturing in the United States</title>
			<description>We could easily set up facilities in China or other parts of the world that have cheaper labor, but it wouldn't be best for our company, says Diamond Wipes CEO.&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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			<title>Benchmarking R&amp;D</title>
			<description>Top innovators increased their research-and-development spending even as the economy sank.&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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			<title>Novartis to Invest R&amp;D Funds in China</title>
			<description>Will open a new global technical center&lt;br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/&gt;
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